Microservices Job Trends

Microservices
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Microservices skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 77 57
Rank change year-on-year -42 -20 -10
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 1,305 1,492 3,621
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.68% 3.68% 4.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.18% 3.93% 4.72%
Number of salaries quoted 876 1,027 2,786
10th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £44,688
25th Percentile £61,019 £57,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £65,465
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% +14.57% -16.22%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £120,000 £115,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Microservices falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 59,873 37,939 76,774
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 77.17% 93.46% 86.66%
Number of salaries quoted 36,505 22,139 57,454
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,079
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,410 £93,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.41%

Microservices
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microservices relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Microservices job vacancy trend in the UK

Microservices
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices

Microservices
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microservices over the 6 months to 27 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Microservices in the UK

Microservices
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microservices within the UK over the 6 months to 27 March 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -31 1,191 £77,500 +3.33% 515
London +10 652 £87,500 - 226
Work from Home -21 577 £70,000 -2.77% 349
UK excluding London -102 549 £67,500 -3.57% 339
North of England -42 247 £67,500 -6.24% 130
North West -39 115 £67,500 -3.57% 76
South East -122 104 £75,000 +11.11% 90
Yorkshire -47 96 £70,000 -2.77% 31
South West -66 63 £65,000 -5.14% 35
Midlands -57 61 £67,500 +3.85% 36
East of England -25 38 £65,000 +13.04% 20
North East -6 36 £62,500 +19.05% 28
West Midlands -21 34 £70,000 - 21
Scotland -83 28 £60,000 -20.00% 16
East Midlands -62 26 £67,500 +3.85% 15
Wales -25 7 £55,200 +10.40% 13
Northern Ireland -36 5 £62,500 +13.64% 2
Channel Islands - 1 £90,000 -

Microservices
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 29 (2.22%) Apache Spark
2 19 (1.46%) Apache
3 18 (1.38%) Apache Airflow
4 17 (1.30%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 16 (1.23%) Confluence
6 14 (1.07%) OpenStack
7 13 (1.00%) JBoss
8 11 (0.84%) WebSphere
9 10 (0.77%) CMS
9 10 (0.77%) IIS
10 5 (0.38%) Apache Pulsar
10 5 (0.38%) Appian
11 4 (0.31%) Camunda
11 4 (0.31%) GeoServer
11 4 (0.31%) nginx
12 3 (0.23%) Liferay
12 3 (0.23%) NServiceBus
12 3 (0.23%) Oracle Workflow
13 2 (0.15%) SharePoint
14 1 (0.077%) CICS
Applications
1 14 (1.07%) MS Visio
2 10 (0.77%) Maya
2 10 (0.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.31%) PlantUML
4 3 (0.23%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.23%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.15%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 9 (0.69%) Oracle ERP
2 6 (0.46%) Endur
2 6 (0.46%) Payment Gateway
3 4 (0.31%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.15%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.15%) SAP FS
4 2 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.15%) Shopify
5 1 (0.077%) Actimize
5 1 (0.077%) Bloomberg AIM
5 1 (0.077%) Distributed Ledger
5 1 (0.077%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.077%) Oracle Retail
5 1 (0.077%) Quorum
5 1 (0.077%) R3 Corda
5 1 (0.077%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.077%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 719 (55.10%) AWS
2 576 (44.14%) Azure
3 294 (22.53%) GCP
4 227 (17.39%) Serverless
5 172 (13.18%) SaaS
6 116 (8.89%) GitHub
7 107 (8.20%) Amazon S3
8 103 (7.89%) AWS Lambda
9 95 (7.28%) Azure DevOps
10 93 (7.13%) Amazon EKS
11 71 (5.44%) AWS CloudFormation
12 66 (5.06%) Amazon SQS
13 62 (4.75%) Amazon ECS
14 49 (3.75%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 49 (3.75%) Amazon EC2
15 47 (3.60%) GitHub Actions
16 46 (3.52%) OpenShift
17 43 (3.30%) PaaS
18 39 (2.99%) Azure Service Bus
19 34 (2.61%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 42 (3.22%) Broadband
2 10 (0.77%) HTTP
3 8 (0.61%) AMQP
4 7 (0.54%) Internet
5 6 (0.46%) Cisco ASA
5 6 (0.46%) Firewall
5 6 (0.46%) Network Security
6 5 (0.38%) DHCP
6 5 (0.38%) DNS
6 5 (0.38%) MQTT
7 4 (0.31%) HTTPS
7 4 (0.31%) SNMP
7 4 (0.31%) WAN
8 3 (0.23%) Modbus
8 3 (0.23%) Multicast
8 3 (0.23%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.15%) Hyperconnected
9 2 (0.15%) LTE
9 2 (0.15%) SSL
10 1 (0.077%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 182 (13.95%) NoSQL
2 171 (13.10%) PostgreSQL
3 122 (9.35%) MongoDB
4 116 (8.89%) SQL Server
5 75 (5.75%) MySQL
6 62 (4.75%) DynamoDB
6 62 (4.75%) Relational Database
7 48 (3.68%) Elasticsearch
8 39 (2.99%) Redis
9 31 (2.38%) Amazon RDS
10 30 (2.30%) BigQuery
11 29 (2.22%) Big Data
12 27 (2.07%) Azure SQL Database
13 22 (1.69%) RDBMS
14 16 (1.23%) Power BI
15 13 (1.00%) Data Warehouse
15 13 (1.00%) DB2
15 13 (1.00%) Pinecone
16 11 (0.84%) Data Lake
17 10 (0.77%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 168 (12.87%) Git
2 117 (8.97%) Jenkins
3 81 (6.21%) GitLab
4 54 (4.14%) TeamCity
5 42 (3.22%) JIRA
6 38 (2.91%) JUnit
7 37 (2.84%) Cucumber
8 30 (2.30%) Cypress.io
8 30 (2.30%) Selenium
9 29 (2.22%) CircleCI
10 21 (1.61%) Mockito
11 19 (1.46%) Bitbucket
11 19 (1.46%) Maven
12 11 (0.84%) Claude Code
12 11 (0.84%) JMeter
12 11 (0.84%) Vite
13 10 (0.77%) Postman
14 9 (0.69%) Oracle Forms
15 8 (0.61%) Visual Studio
16 7 (0.54%) NUnit
General
1 393 (30.11%) Finance
2 364 (27.89%) Social Skills
3 162 (12.41%) Banking
4 105 (8.05%) Law
5 94 (7.20%) Analytical Skills
6 85 (6.51%) Public Sector
7 76 (5.82%) Retail
8 68 (5.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 58 (4.44%) Financial Institution
10 52 (3.98%) Telecoms
11 44 (3.37%) Back Office
12 21 (1.61%) Games
12 21 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
13 20 (1.53%) Presentation Skills
14 19 (1.46%) Billing
15 17 (1.30%) Advertising
15 17 (1.30%) Legal
16 14 (1.07%) Marketing
17 12 (0.92%) Front Office
18 11 (0.84%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 452 (34.64%) Developer
2 348 (26.67%) Senior
3 264 (20.23%) Software Engineer
4 204 (15.63%) Architect
5 162 (12.41%) Lead
6 120 (9.20%) Full-Stack Developer
7 119 (9.12%) Senior Developer
8 107 (8.20%) Java Developer
9 97 (7.43%) Solutions Architect
10 93 (7.13%) Senior Software Engineer
11 82 (6.28%) Java Engineer
12 75 (5.75%) .NET Developer
13 61 (4.67%) Software Developer
14 50 (3.83%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 47 (3.60%) Java Software Engineer
16 45 (3.45%) Lead Developer
17 41 (3.14%) Principal Engineer
18 40 (3.07%) Full-Stack Java Developer
19 38 (2.91%) C# Developer
20 37 (2.84%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 304 (23.30%) .NET
2 296 (22.68%) React
3 262 (20.08%) RESTful
4 219 (16.78%) Spring
5 207 (15.86%) REST
6 194 (14.87%) Node.js
7 192 (14.71%) Spring Boot
8 173 (13.26%) Kafka
9 111 (8.51%) AngularJS
10 98 (7.51%) .NET Core
11 82 (6.28%) gRPC
12 77 (5.90%) HTML
13 69 (5.29%) .NET Framework
14 66 (5.06%) CSS
15 61 (4.67%) ASP.NET
16 60 (4.60%) RabbitMQ
17 54 (4.14%) Middleware
18 53 (4.06%) Django
19 51 (3.91%) Vue
20 46 (3.52%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 379 (29.04%) Cloud Native
2 218 (16.70%) Distributed Systems
3 108 (8.28%) Product Ownership
4 101 (7.74%) Enterprise Software
5 58 (4.44%) Greenfield Project
6 49 (3.75%) Legacy Systems
7 38 (2.91%) Data Structures
8 36 (2.76%) Over-the-Top Content
8 36 (2.76%) Video\Live Streaming
9 34 (2.61%) Algorithms
10 31 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
11 25 (1.92%) Blockchain
12 23 (1.76%) Distributed Architecture
12 23 (1.76%) Virtual Team
13 22 (1.69%) AI Agents
13 22 (1.69%) Mobile App
14 17 (1.30%) IoT
15 16 (1.23%) Management Information System
16 15 (1.15%) Public Cloud
17 14 (1.07%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 57 (4.37%) Linux
2 23 (1.76%) Windows
3 16 (1.23%) Android
4 7 (0.54%) Apple iOS
5 6 (0.46%) Unix
6 5 (0.38%) CentOS
6 5 (0.38%) Debian
6 5 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.38%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.15%) VMS
8 1 (0.077%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 629 (48.20%) CI/CD
2 539 (41.30%) Agile
3 509 (39.00%) DevOps
4 499 (38.24%) Software Engineering
5 368 (28.20%) Containerisation
6 317 (24.29%) Full-Stack Development
7 282 (21.61%) Problem-Solving
8 272 (20.84%) Mentoring
9 260 (19.92%) Event-Driven
10 246 (18.85%) Continuous Improvement
11 240 (18.39%) Test Automation
12 232 (17.78%) AI
13 204 (15.63%) Computer Science
14 183 (14.02%) Infrastructure as Code
15 158 (12.11%) Event-Driven Architecture
16 156 (11.95%) Scrum
17 153 (11.72%) Technical Leadership
18 147 (11.26%) Roadmaps
18 147 (11.26%) TDD
19 146 (11.19%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 430 (32.95%) Java
2 347 (26.59%) Python
3 277 (21.23%) SQL
4 260 (19.92%) JavaScript
5 252 (19.31%) C#
6 210 (16.09%) TypeScript
7 112 (8.58%) Go
8 42 (3.22%) Scala
9 40 (3.07%) PHP
10 34 (2.61%) Bash
10 34 (2.61%) C++
11 31 (2.38%) C
12 27 (2.07%) Ruby
13 22 (1.69%) Kotlin
14 21 (1.61%) PL/SQL
15 16 (1.23%) Shell Script
16 15 (1.15%) PowerShell
17 13 (1.00%) Rust
18 8 (0.61%) Bicep
19 6 (0.46%) R
Qualifications
1 202 (15.48%) Degree
2 132 (10.11%) Computer Science Degree
3 105 (8.05%) Security Cleared
4 71 (5.44%) SC Cleared
5 59 (4.52%) AWS Certification
6 43 (3.30%) Master's Degree
7 38 (2.91%) Azure Certification
8 32 (2.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 31 (2.38%) TOGAF Certification
10 27 (2.07%) Microsoft Certification
11 15 (1.15%) DV Cleared
12 14 (1.07%) AWS Certified Developer
12 14 (1.07%) CISSP
13 9 (0.69%) CISM
14 8 (0.61%) DBS Check
15 6 (0.46%) BPSS Clearance
15 6 (0.46%) ISTQB
15 6 (0.46%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 6 (0.46%) PMI Certification
15 6 (0.46%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (5.59%) QA
2 30 (2.30%) GDPR
3 28 (2.15%) PCI DSS
4 26 (1.99%) Accessibility
5 19 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (1.00%) SOC 2
7 12 (0.92%) NIST
8 10 (0.77%) NCSC
9 6 (0.46%) GRC
10 5 (0.38%) EMIR
11 4 (0.31%) IFRS
11 4 (0.31%) SLA
12 3 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.23%) Data Quality
12 3 (0.23%) ISO 9001
12 3 (0.23%) SEPA
13 2 (0.15%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 2 (0.15%) IFRS 17
13 2 (0.15%) PSD2
13 2 (0.15%) Solvency II
System Software
1 400 (30.65%) Docker
2 13 (1.00%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.38%) Firmware
4 2 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.15%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.15%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 403 (30.88%) Kubernetes
2 224 (17.16%) Terraform
3 87 (6.67%) Grafana
4 67 (5.13%) Ansible
5 37 (2.84%) Prometheus
6 22 (1.69%) Kibana
7 14 (1.07%) Argo
8 9 (0.69%) HP Fortify
8 9 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
9 6 (0.46%) Puppet
10 4 (0.31%) Cilium
10 4 (0.31%) Istio
11 3 (0.23%) Nagios
11 3 (0.23%) Rancher
12 2 (0.15%) MIIS
12 2 (0.15%) Opsgenie
13 1 (0.077%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 126 (9.66%) Microsoft
2 57 (4.37%) Google
3 50 (3.83%) Oracle
4 36 (2.76%) Typelevel
5 17 (1.30%) Salesforce
6 16 (1.23%) OpenAI
6 16 (1.23%) Red Hat
6 16 (1.23%) SAP
7 14 (1.07%) Dynatrace
8 13 (1.00%) CrowdStrike
9 12 (0.92%) Software AG
10 11 (0.84%) IBM
10 11 (0.84%) Splunk
11 10 (0.77%) Atlassian
11 10 (0.77%) BiZZdesign
11 10 (0.77%) Cisco
11 10 (0.77%) Databricks
11 10 (0.77%) MuleSoft
11 10 (0.77%) Palo Alto
12 7 (0.54%) Guidewire